Hudson Mohawk Magazine
7,204 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 8 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe Hudson Mohawk Magazine is a locally-produced nightly news hour that provides sanctuary for the discussion of a wide range of topics, scaling from the global to the hyper-local. The show is broadcast on WOOC 105.3 FM, The Sanctuary for Independent Media's low-power radio station based in Troy, NY.
With the support of people like you, the Sanctuary uses art and participatory action to promote social and environmental justice and freedom of creative expression.
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Traes Lawn Care
August 20, 2020 04:01 - 4 minutes - 4.06 MBTraevon Vautrin has been interning at the Sanctuary since he was 11 years old. Now at 14, he's started his own business, Trae's Lawn Care. Trae spoke to correspondent Melissa Bromley about how he got started and his plans for the future.
HMM 8 - 19 - 2020
August 19, 2020 23:33 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBHello Capital Region! This is the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, broadcasting from the Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY. Today, an interview with Medea Benjamin, the co-founder of Code Pink, about the platform of the Democratic National Convention. Then, we’ll hear from Ed Kinane, one of the speakers at the 22nd annual Kateri Peace conference happening virtually on August 21st and 22nd. And later on, Tyler McNeil, a reporter for Them & Us media, will discuss the history of the Grace ...
Medea Benjamin Kateri Peace 20'05 (full) 8-19-2020
August 19, 2020 21:21 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBMedia Benjamin of Code Pink is speaking on Saturday at the 22nd annual Kateri Peace Conference. She discusses what prompted her to become a peace activist; the military-industrial complex; the foreign policy positions of Joe Biden; and her proposal for a Good Neighbors policy for Latin America. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network. (full interview for podcast)
Medea Benjamin Kateri Peace 9'41 (radio, #1) 8-19-2020
August 19, 2020 20:59 - 9 minutes - 8.83 MBMedea Benjamin of Code Pink will speak at the 22nd annual Kateri Peace Conference on Saturday AugUst 22. She discusses how she got into activism and the power of the military industrial complex. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network. Aug. 21-22, kateripeaceconference.org (Part 1 for radio)
Benjamin Peace 10-14 News (Part 2, Radio) 8-19-2020
August 19, 2020 20:49 - 10 minutes - 9.38 MBMedea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink, will speak at the Kateri Peace Conference on Saturday August 22. In part 2 of our interview, she discusses the positions of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on foreign policy and military spending, as well as her proposal for a Good Neighbor Policy for Latin America. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network.
The Social Workers - Foster Care Youth & Higher Education
August 19, 2020 18:22 - 9 minutes - 8.9 MBIn episode 77 of The Social Workers Talk Show, hosts Eric Hardiman and Alyssa Lotmore are joined by Sarah Mountz and Selena Snow to speak about barriers to foster youth in higher education. Sarah Mountz is an Assistant Professor at UAlbany’s School of Social Welfare and a faculty advisor of Fostering Leaders of Our World (FLOW), a UAlbany student group composed of students with foster care backgrounds and their allies. Selena Snow is the student Vice President of FLOW. The Social Workers is ...
Kinane Kateri Peace Conference 9'46 Peace 8-19-2020
August 19, 2020 16:38 - 9 minutes - 9.02 MBOn August 21-22 the 22nd annual Kateri Peace conference will take place. We talk with Ed Kinane who is well known for his efforts to oppose the use of drones at the Hancock Air Force Base outside of Syracuse. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network. kateripeaceconference.org
Important details of a protest at Grace Baptist Church were omitted from national headlines
August 19, 2020 02:48 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBOn June 28th, a group of Black Lives Matters activists protested an AR-15 Rifle giveaway held by Troy's Grace Baptist Church. At the end of that protest, a confrontation between the congregation and the protestors, caught on film by the church, was reported and tweeted by conservative news outlets as evidence that BLM protestors are "dangerous" and attempting a "Marxist takeover." But the footage shared by right-wing figures doesn't tell the whole story of what happened. In response to this ...
Troy Art Group Protest
August 19, 2020 00:07 - 7 minutes - 6.86 MBListen as HMM correspondent picks the brain of the painters from the Troy art group. We can not disclose their name due to unfortunate circumstances.
Troy Art Group Protest
August 19, 2020 00:05 - 7 minutes - 6.86 MBListen as hmm correspondent erika diggs picks the brain of one of the painters from Troy art group. We can not disclose his name due to unfortunate circumstances.
HMM 8 - 18 - 2020
August 18, 2020 23:27 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBHello Capital Region! This is the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, broadcasting on WOOC-LP 105.3 FM Troy and WOOS-LP 98.9 FM Schenectady, from the Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY. First we start with Grace Baptist Church and Tyler McNeil, a reporter for Them & Us media, who wrote a deep-dive on the contentious history of the church, its pastor John Koletas, and its relationship to Black Lives Matter. Then we’ll have a live interview with Dr. Francis Coughlin, a lead organizer of the Heal...
Thearse McCalmon Speaks at Million Reasons To Vote Event
August 18, 2020 02:09 - 9 minutes - 6.64 MBHMM producer Katherine attended Million Reasons to Vote's event held in Glens Falls celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the 19th amendment. Thearse McCalmon, Democratic candidate for State Senator in the 49th District of NYS gives a speech connecting today's Black Lives Matter movement to that of the suffragettes.
HMM 8 - 17 - 2020
August 18, 2020 00:50 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBHello Capital Region! This is the Hudson Mohawk Magazine on WOOC-LP 105.3 FM Troy and WOOS-LP 98.9 FM Schenectady broadcasting from The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY. Today, Heather Bruegl, the Director of Cultural Affairs for the Stockbridge-Munsee Community of the Mohican Nation, discusses the historical and present-day cultural significance of Papscanee Island and how the installation of National Grid’s proposed E-37 natural gas pipeline Then, we discuss the legacy of lon...
Black Girls Do Cycle in the Capital Region with cycle enthusiast Allison Joseph
August 17, 2020 21:16 - 9 minutes - 9.01 MBIntro: Allison Joseph, founder of the local chapter of "Black Girls Do Cycle" a national organization talks about diversity in cycling, cycling events, rouths and paths, and where to find a bike in the the Capital Region, here she speaks with Hudson Mohawk Magazines', Correspondent Andrea Cunliffe. Outro: That was HMM's Andrea Cunliffe talking to Allison Joseph of "Black Girls Do Bike: For more information, visit the Black Girls Do Bike Capital Region NY's private Facebook page, email ...
As The World Turns
August 17, 2020 20:48 - 10 minutes - 9.16 MBReturning to radio is retired meteorologist Hugh Johnson for his show as the world turns. He sat down with hmm correspondent Erika Dulcinia Diggs. Tune in to hear how corona virus ties in with our weather.
David Carpenter on the Albany County Clean Air Law and Public Health
August 17, 2020 18:37 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBHMM Correspondent Ana Cowie interviews David Carpenter, a professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the University at Albany and a public health physician. He discusses the Albany County Clean Air Law that passed on Monday, August 10th, and how it relates to public health. He also talks about the future of public health and the hazards of air pollution.
Papscanee Island: Sacred Land of the Mohican Nation Threatened by the E-37 Pipeline
August 17, 2020 17:33 - 9 minutes - 8.59 MBHMM producer Anna Steltenkamp speaks with Heather Bruegl, the Director of Cultural Affairs for the Stockbridge-Munsee Community of the Mohican Nation. The Indigenous peoples of the upper Hudson Valley are the Mohican people, derived from their name for the Hudson River, the Mahhicannituck, the “waters that are never still.” Today known as the Stockbridge-Munsee Community, the Tribal Nation is based in Wisconsin, far from their original homelands. However, the Stockbridge-Munsee Community ma...
HMM 8 - 14 - 2020
August 14, 2020 23:04 - 59 minutes - 54 MBHello Capital Region! This is the Hudson Mohawk Magazine on WOOC-LP 105.3 FM Troy, WOOS-LP 98.9 FM Schenectady, WOOA-LP 106.9 FM Albany, and WCAA-LP 107.3 FM Albany, broadcasting from The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy. Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine. First, HMM Correspondent Elizabeth Press speaks with Troy City Council Member Anasha Cummings. Then, on Reclaiming History, Lovonia Mallory investigates the gender implications of the word “nasty” with Professor Kathleen M Brown...
Reclaiming History Nasty Girls With Dr. Kathleen Brown Final
August 14, 2020 19:51 - 10 minutes - 9.66 MBIn another segment of Reclaiming History, Lovonia Mallory talks about the word “Nasty” and it gender implications with Dr. Kathleen M. Brown, who is the David Boies Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania where she is the former Director of the Alice Paul Center for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality. She currently serves as the lead historian on the Penn & Slavery Project, a student-led and student-driven research project into the university’s historic complicity in sla...
People's Science #9 - Khanh Vien
August 14, 2020 18:15 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBEpisode 9 of People’s Science features Khanh Vien, a Developmental and Stem Cell Biology graduate student at Duke University. People’s Science interviews researchers and scientists of color from a variety of disciplines about the importance of their work and how systems of inequity have impacted their fields through a lens of social and environmental justice, especially considering the racial justice movement happening today. Hosted by Hudson Mohawk Magazine Producer Erin Blanding for NATURE ...
Understanding White Supremacy workshop hosted by Extinction Rebellion
August 14, 2020 00:01 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBAcclaimed feminist author and activist Barbara Smith will lead a workshop for the grassroots group Extinction Rebellion on Sunday, August 16, 2020 on Zoom. In this extended interview with HMM correspondent Corinne Carey, Smith talks about why the environmental activist group is examining white supremacy, and how the discussion of white supremacy has to be part of any discussion about racism in America. She also talks about her life's work fighting for freedom, and what gives her hope in these...
HMM 8 - 13 - 2020
August 13, 2020 21:48 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBHello Capital Region! This is the Hudson Mohawk Magazine on WOOC-LP 105.3 FM Troy, WOOS-LP 98.9 FM Schenectady, WOOA-LP 106.9 FM Albany, and WCAA-LP 107.3 FM Albany., broadcasting from the Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY. First, Alexis speaks with Dave Ellis, Chairman of the Rensselaer Environmental Coalition about a proposed new BioHiTech solid waste facility. Then we hear from TripleE's host, H. Bosh Jr. speaking with Flerida Santana Johnas about working in the real estate ind...
Save The Pinebush - Rezsin Adams Legacy
August 13, 2020 20:49 - 9 minutes - 9.13 MBLong time Albany peace and political activist Rezsin Adams has passed on at 93. Rezsin, long considered the matriarch of the Albany activist scene, was the first maverick to defeat the Albany Democratic machine. Rezsin was a long time leader of Save the Pine Bush, helping to organize the monthly dinners for the group. Mark Dunlea talks with Lynne Jackson of Save the Pine Bush.
Extinction Rebellion Hosts Event Addressing White Supremacy
August 13, 2020 19:37 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBNoted Black feminist author and activist Barbara Smith will lead a workshop for the grassroots group Extinction Rebellion on Sunday, August 16 on Zoom. In this interview with HMM correspondent Corinne Carey, Smith talks about why the environmental activist group is examining white supremacy, and how the discussion of white supremacy has to be part of any discussion about racism in America.
BLACK AUGUST 2020 (Luz Marquez Benbow)
August 13, 2020 16:56 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBThe Hudson Mohawk Magazine Network Roaming Labor Correspondent, Willie Terry, spoke to Luz Marquez Benbow of the Troy Black Lives Matter about the origin and significance of "Black August." She also talked about "Black August" activities that will be taking place in Troy and The Sanctuary for Independent Media. 08/13/2020
BLACK AUGUST 2020 (Luz Marqua Benbow)
August 13, 2020 16:56 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBThe Hudson Mohawk Magazine Network Roaming Labor Correspondent, Willie Terry, spoke to Luz Marqua Benbow of the Troy Black Lives Matter about the origin and significance of "Black August." She also talked about "Black August" activities that will be taking place in Troy and The Sanctuary for Independent Media. 08/13/2020
Anasha Cummings on City Council (Part 2 Edson Thevenin and more)
August 13, 2020 14:39 - 7 minutes - 7.26 MBNext up is part 2 of the interview Elizabeth Press did with City Councilperson Anasha Cummings.
Anasha Cummings Troy City Council and Racial Justice (part1)
August 13, 2020 13:58 - 10 minutes - 10 MBWOOC producer Elizabeth Press spoke to Troy City Council member Anasha Cummings about community engagement, police reform, defunding the police and the BLM working group.
HMM 8 - 12 - 2020
August 12, 2020 23:39 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBHello Capital Region! This is the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, broadcasting from the Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY. Today, we’re joined by long time environmental activist Barbara Heinzen to discuss the Albany County Clean Air Law’s passing in the Albany County Legislature. Then, retired Colonel Ann Wright will talk about the peace movement Host 2: And later on, we’ll hear from PAUSE (People of Albany United for Safe Energy) coordinator Francis Magai After that, Episode 8 of Pe...
BioHiTech News 8 - 12 - 20
August 12, 2020 21:14 - 9 minutes - 8.87 MBThe DEC has denied two permits to Rensselaer Resource Recovery for a proposed new BioHiTech solid waste facility in the City of Rensselaer, directly on top of a current hazardous waste site and adjacent to the Hudson River. The State Air Quality and Solid Waste Management. permits were denied after the applicant requested an immediate decision. Rensselaer Environmental Coalition applauds DEC's decision denying permits for BioHiTech and its operator, Rensselaer Resource Recovery LLC. The gras...
People's Science #8 - Dr. Kamil Gedeon
August 12, 2020 20:24 - 6 minutes - 6.21 MBEpisode 8 of People’s Science features Dr. Kamil Gedeon, a chemical engineer. People’s Science interviews researchers and scientists of color from a variety of disciplines about the importance of their work and how systems of inequity have impacted their fields through a lens of social and environmental justice, especially considering the racial justice movement happening today. Hosted by Hudson Mohawk Magazine Producer Erin Blanding for NATURE Lab.
People's Science #7 - Professor Kisha Daniels
August 12, 2020 20:18 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBEpisode 7 of People’s Science features Dr. Kisha Daniels, professor of education at Duke University. People’s Science interviews researchers and scientists of color from a variety of disciplines about the importance of their work and how systems of inequity have impacted their fields through a lens of social and environmental justice, especially considering the racial justice movement happening today. Hosted by Hudson Mohawk Magazine Producer Erin Blanding for NATURE Lab.
Amidon Kateri Peace Conference 9'46 Peace
August 12, 2020 19:31 - 9 minutes - 9.02 MBThe 22nd annual Kateri Peace Conference will take place virtually on Aug. 21-22. The theme - and title of its recent book - is BENDING THE ARC: Striving for Peace and Justice in a World of Endless War. We discuss the conference with John Amidon, one of the co-organizers. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network.
Seeding Sovereignty: An Indigenous-Led Effort to Transform the Colonial-Capitalist Farming Industry
August 12, 2020 19:12 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBHMM producer Anna Steltenkamp speaks with Janet MacGillivray, the Founder and Executive Director of Seeding Sovereignty. Seeding Sovereignty is a multi-generational, Indigenous womxn-led collective that works to decolonize social and environmental paradigms. This is the third segment in a multi-part dialogue with Janet MacGillivray. In this segment, Janet speaks specifically about Seeding Sovereignty’s Land Resilience Project. She addresses how the profit-driven, industrial agriculture syst...
Wright Kateri Peace Conf 11'24 (Full) Peace 8-12-2020
August 12, 2020 18:51 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBThe 22nd annual Kateri Peace Conference will take place virtually on Aug. 21 and 22nd. We talk about the peace movement with retired Colonel Ann Wright, who resigned to protest the invasion of Iraq. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network. (full, podcast version)
Wright Kateri Peace Conf 9'47 (radio) Peace 8-12-2020
August 12, 2020 18:50 - 9 minutes - 8.97 MBThe 22nd annual Kateri Peace Conference will take place virtually on Aug. 21 and 22nd. We talk about the peace movement with retired Colonel Ann Wright, who resigned to protest the invasion of Iraq. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network. (radio version)
HMM 8 - 11 - 2020
August 11, 2020 23:27 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBWOOC-LP 105.3 FM Troy and WOOS-LP 98.9 FM Schenectady, from the Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY. For our first segment we’ll hear from Martha Swan of John Brown Lives! talking about the investigation by the state police of Cohoes police Officer Sean Mckown. Then, we welcome Joe Fama in part two of the history of the Hoosick Street Bridge from the years 1954 thru 1966. Dr. Daniel Moriarty of Siena College's Department of Chemistry speaks about his research and teaching experien...
Seeding Sovereignty: The Importance of Indigenous Knowledge Systems & Multi-Generational Stewardship
August 11, 2020 20:32 - 10 minutes - 9.87 MBHMM producer Anna Steltenkamp speaks with Janet MacGillivray, the Founder and Executive Director of Seeding Sovereignty. Seeding Sovereignty is a multi-generational, Indigenous womxn-led collective that works to decolonize social and environmental paradigms. This is the second segment in a multi-part dialogue with Janet MacGillivray. In this segment, Janet speaks about the importance of Seeding Sovereignty’s multi-generational approach and elaborates on how Indigenous practices are in synch...
Seeding Sovereignty: Redefining ‘Expertise’ in the Environmental Movement
August 11, 2020 19:14 - 9 minutes - 8.95 MBHMM producer Anna Steltenkamp speaks with Janet MacGillivray, the Founder and Executive Director of Seeding Sovereignty. Seeding Sovereignty is a multi-generational, Indigenous womxn-led collective that works to decolonize social and environmental paradigms. This is the first segment in a multi-part dialogue with Janet MacGillivray. In this segment, Janet speaks about the need to ‘de-expert’ and diversify the environmental movement so that the voices of those directly impacted by social and ...
Joe Fama Hoosick Street Bridge Miniseries [1954 -1966] (Part 2/2)
August 11, 2020 16:18 - 10 minutes - 8.12 MBThis Interview with Joe Fama by Mathew is the second part of a ongoing mini series with the Sanctuary about the Hoosick Street Bridge, popularly known as the Collar City Bridge. The interview is a part 2 of 2 and deals with the history of the Hoosick Street Bridge from years 1954 - 1966 as recounted by Joe Fama. The Interview revolves around Joe's knowledge of the fight against the Hoosick Street Bridge and how it eventually come to fruition
HMM 8 - 10 - 2020
August 11, 2020 00:05 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBHello Capital Region! This is the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, broadcasting from The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY. Up first today: the Rensselaer County Legislature has rewritten a Black Lives Matter Resolution to remove the word “Black.” HMM’s Elizabeth Press discusses the revision with deputy minority leader Cindy Doran. Then, National Parks are receiving more visitors than ever because of coronavirus, a public reaction that’s connecting more people to nature, but also damaging...
Swan Cohoes Police Blacks Adirondacks 10 News 8-11-2020
August 10, 2020 18:10 - 9 minutes - 9.14 MBOn June 6, drunken Cohoes police officer Sean Mckown shot at a group of black teenagers while at his summer home in the Adirondacks and then filed a false report with the police. So far no charges have been filed against McKown, who is being allowed to retire from the Cohoes police force. Martha Brown of John Brown Lives! talks about the effort by local residents to get the Essex County District Attorney to investigate both the shooting and the subsequent investigation by the state police. By...
Cindy Doran explains how Rensselaer County Legislature takes "Black" out of BLM resolution
August 10, 2020 17:57 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBLast month a Black Lives Matter Resolution was voted down in the Rensselaer County Legislature 16-3. Hudson Mohawk Magazine Producer, Elizabeth Press spoke with Deputy, Minority Leader Cindy Doran about this and about how the Majority Legislature rewrite the resolution removing the word "Black" from their original BLM resolution. (OUT) That was Deputy, Minority Leader Cindy Doran being interviewed about the uphill battle for racial justice in the Rensselaer County Legislature. To submit let...
Cindy Doran on how Rensselaer County Legislature proposes to take "Black" out of BLM Resolution
August 10, 2020 17:57 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBLast month a Black Lives Matter Resolution was voted down in the Rensselaer County Legislature 16-3. Hudson Mohawk Magazine Producer, Elizabeth Press spoke with Deputy, Minority Leader Cindy Doran about this and about how the Majority Legislature rewrote the resolution removing the word "Black" from the original BLM resolution. (OUT) That was Deputy, Minority Leader Cindy Doran being interviewed about the uphill battle for racial justice in the Rensselaer County Legislature. To submit lette...
Hiking During a Pandemic
August 10, 2020 16:51 - 12 minutes - 11 MBTyler Socash, a Summit Steward and host of the hiking podcast Foot Stuff, discusses the increase in visitors to the national parks and how to be a safe and smart hiker.
HMM 8 - 7-2020
August 07, 2020 23:06 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBHello Capital Region! This is the Hudson Mohawk Magazine on WOOC-LP 105.3 FM Troy, WOOS-LP 98.9 FM Schenectady, broadcasting from The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy. First, HMM correspondent Alexis Goldsmith talks with Jamella Anderson about the Free Food Fridge Project. Then, On Reclaiming History, Livonia speaks with Elevate518 members Breye Boddie, Destini Harris, and Camille Hobbs about their organization and their Black Lives Matter event held on August 1st Then, Carson Reay...
Free Food Fridge Albany
August 07, 2020 20:52 - 10 minutes - 9.92 MBJammella Anderson - yoga teacher, doula, and activist - joins HMM to discuss Free Food Fridge Albany: a project with the mission of free and accessible food for marginalized neighborhoods and people. No strings attached! The effort has raised thousands in donations and received dozens of inquiries from individuals wanting to help - from maintaining the fridges to painting them. It's all part of dismantling racism and an effort to reduce barriers to access that are based on race or income.
Urban Animal Husbandry With Mark Russo
August 07, 2020 19:18 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBMark Russo discusses raising animals in North Troy, and the benefits of being involved in the food process.
Artist Spotlight: Matt Chinian, Painter
August 07, 2020 02:55 - 8 minutes - 7.87 MBPeter Sergay interviewed Matt Chinian, an oil painter from Cambridge, NY about his artistic process. He specializes in revealing the beautiful behavior of light in seemingly mundane scenes from around the capital region.
HMM 8 - 6-2020
August 06, 2020 23:31 - 1 hour - 55 MBHello Capital Region! This is the Hudson Mohawk Magazine on WOOC-LP 105.3 FM Troy, WOOS-LP 98.9 FM Schenectady, WOOA-LP 106.9 FM Albany, and WCAA-LP 107.3 FM Albany., broadcasting from the Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY. Tonight, we highlight HMM Correspondent Ana Cowie interviewing Judith Enck, former region two administrator of the EPA, the founder of Beyond Plastics, and a longtime environmental activist, about the Albany County Clean Air Law. Next up, TripleE's host, H. Bo...